9780714864952: Biennials and Beyond

Open Assets in Intranet

Main Image

Shopify Checkout Image

Carousel Images

Carousel images MISSING
Open Edition Text In Intranet
SKU 9780714864952
Title Biennials and Beyond
Author Description Bruce Altshuler
Uri store/art/biennials-and-beyond-9780714864952/
Web Author Description Bruce Altshuler is Director of the Program in Museum Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University. Altshuler is the author of The Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the 20th Century and Isamu Noguchi; editor of Collecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art and co-editor of Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations. He has published numerous essays on modern and contemporary art and holds a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University.
webLongDescription The story of the most influential art exhibitions from 1962, Biennials and Beyond assembles a wealth of rare and never before published documentation, from installation photographs and reviews to floor plans, catalogue excerpts and other primary ephemera, looking at the history of contemporary art through the lens of 25 significant exhibitions. With an introductory essay and concise overviews of each exhibition by art historian Bruce Altshuler, Biennials and Beyond is a unique sourcebook that offers direct access to the most influential exhibitions of the last 50 years. It is the companion volume to Phaidon’s 2008 Salon to Biennial – Exhibitions that Made Art History: 1863–1959, winner of the Bannister Fletcher Award for best new book on art or architecture.
Binding Hardback
Size Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Pages Pages: 402
Illustrations 400

JSON Data

{"authorDescription":"Bruce Altshuler","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":["store/art/","store/art/themes-a-z-by-title/"],"date":"2013-04-14 00:00:00","editionId":11897,"guid":"C35FEC74-0674-4D2A-8EFB-B60CA4E71A97","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","price":"110.00","show":true},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","price":"100.00","show":true},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","price":"79.95","show":true},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","price":"59.95","show":true},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"100.00","show":true},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","price":"100.00","show":true}},"preorder":false,"related":["9780714867373","9780714867458","9780714869407","9780714868776","9780714833552"],"sku":"9780714864952","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Hardback","colIlls":"400","extent":"402","language":"English","lenInch":"11 3/8","lenMm":"290","weightKilo":"2.6","widthInch":"9 7/8","widthMm":"250"},"status":true,"subtitle":"Exhibitions that Made Art History: 1962–2002","title":"Biennials and Beyond","uri":"store/art/biennials-and-beyond-9780714864952/","webAuthorDescription":"Bruce Altshuler is Director of the Program in Museum Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University. Altshuler is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the 20th Century\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIsamu Noguchi\u003c/em\u003e; editor of \u003cem\u003eCollecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art \u003c/em\u003eand co-editor of \u003cem\u003eIsamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations\u003c/em\u003e. He has published numerous essays on modern and contemporary art and holds a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University.","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"The story of the most influential art exhibitions from 1962, \u003cem\u003eBiennials and Beyond\u003c/em\u003e assembles a wealth of rare and never before published documentation, from installation photographs and reviews to floor plans, catalogue excerpts and other primary ephemera, looking at the history of contemporary art through the lens of 25 significant exhibitions. With an introductory essay and concise overviews of each exhibition by art historian Bruce Altshuler, \u003cem\u003eBiennials and Beyond\u003c/em\u003e is a unique sourcebook that offers direct access to the most influential exhibitions of the last 50 years. It is the companion volume to Phaidon’s 2008 \u003cem\u003eSalon to Biennial – Exhibitions that Made Art History: 1863–1959\u003c/em\u003e, winner of the Bannister Fletcher Award for best new book on art or architecture.","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Bruce Altshuler has compiled a second volume, following the award-winning \u003cem\u003eSalon to Biennial\u003c/em\u003e, to plot the course of modern trans-Atlantic art history through pivotal exhibitions that have defined it. Rich in documentation hard to find elsewhere.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eKenneth Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Useful as a reference source and pleasurable as a time machine.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eHolland Cotter, The New York Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"The story of the most influential art\r\nexhibitions from 1962 to 2002.\r\n"}